Field visit to Palliative Care Centre and Sneha Sadan HIV Care and Support Centre
The Students of PGDBEME & PGDCE visited the Palliative Care Centre, Vamanjoor & Sneha Sadan Home for HIV children, Gurupur as a part of their field visit on 4th September, 2015.
Students had an interaction with Dr. Lavina Noronha, Director of Palliative Care Centre. She emphasized on the facilities provided in the Centre and also explained about the concern taken to care for these patients. There were about 11 inmates in the centre and students interacted with these patients. The students were touched by the care shown by the palliative staff towards their patients.
Fr. Teji, Director-in-charge, briefed about Sneha Sadan. There was an interaction with 25 children. The students of PG Diploma were then shown the kitchen, laundry and other support services. The students questioned children about their school, their social and friends’ circle and health care facilities.
Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics, Dr. Ravi Vaswani, Professor, Internal Medicine, Dr. Hari Kishore, Reader, dept. of Craniofacial Anamolies, Mrs. Sachitha Nandagopal, Tutor, CFE and Mrs. Lilly Chandran, Senior Assistant, CFE were present on the occasion.
Students had an interaction with Dr. Lavina Noronha, Director of Palliative Care Centre. She emphasized on the facilities provided in the Centre and also explained about the concern taken to care for these patients. There were about 11 inmates in the centre and students interacted with these patients. The students were touched by the care shown by the palliative staff towards their patients.
Fr. Teji, Director-in-charge, briefed about Sneha Sadan. There was an interaction with 25 children. The students of PG Diploma were then shown the kitchen, laundry and other support services. The students questioned children about their school, their social and friends’ circle and health care facilities.
Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics, Dr. Ravi Vaswani, Professor, Internal Medicine, Dr. Hari Kishore, Reader, dept. of Craniofacial Anamolies, Mrs. Sachitha Nandagopal, Tutor, CFE and Mrs. Lilly Chandran, Senior Assistant, CFE were present on the occasion.
Shikshit Bharat, Saksham Bharat
“Shikshit Bharat, Saksham Bharat” an UGC initiative for quality education was celebrated in Yenepoya University on 17th November 2014. A banner was displayed in this regard at prominent places in University. The Registrar, Dr.C.V.Raghuveer presided over the function. The activities for the celebration began a week prior where Medical, Dental, Nursing and Physiotherapy students were invited to take part in the speech and essay competitions. Forum discussion, Essay and Speech competitions were conducted for the Students.The team which led focus group discussion brought in views on making education by tying up access of education with safe transport to school, college and safe toilets. Few suggested inclusion of ethics education a sine qua non for any profession
For the speech competition, the students were screened at the college levels and the best five from each college were chosen to represent at the University level. In the finals that took place in the University some refreshing thoughts and ideas from the students came by way of improving the teaching methodology, strengthening infrastructure, more power to girl children to decide their future and more options to seek careers and improving access to education and making free education compulsory up to 18 years.
In the essay competition some of the essays brought interesting points on reflective learning strategies, teachers training and certification and teaching through role modelling All in all the program was a cerebral feast.
Judges were appointed for the competition from the University and four constituent colleges of the University i.e Medical, Dental, Nursing and Physiotherapy Winners of the Speech competition:-
1. Dr. Roshan Adhikari-II MDS, Yenepoya Dental College
2. Zainaba Raheeza M A, Yenepoya Physiotherapy College
3. Zehbeen Subair - 1 BDS, Yenepoya Dental College
Winners of the Essay competition:-
1. Sajjad Salman
2. Nhanthinhi Jagadeesh
Certificates were distributed to all the participants. The program was coordinated by Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University.
For the speech competition, the students were screened at the college levels and the best five from each college were chosen to represent at the University level. In the finals that took place in the University some refreshing thoughts and ideas from the students came by way of improving the teaching methodology, strengthening infrastructure, more power to girl children to decide their future and more options to seek careers and improving access to education and making free education compulsory up to 18 years.
In the essay competition some of the essays brought interesting points on reflective learning strategies, teachers training and certification and teaching through role modelling All in all the program was a cerebral feast.
Judges were appointed for the competition from the University and four constituent colleges of the University i.e Medical, Dental, Nursing and Physiotherapy Winners of the Speech competition:-
1. Dr. Roshan Adhikari-II MDS, Yenepoya Dental College
2. Zainaba Raheeza M A, Yenepoya Physiotherapy College
3. Zehbeen Subair - 1 BDS, Yenepoya Dental College
Winners of the Essay competition:-
1. Sajjad Salman
2. Nhanthinhi Jagadeesh
Certificates were distributed to all the participants. The program was coordinated by Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University.
Skit on Ethics: Student activity
South India Unit, Manipal Unit and Mangalore Unit , International Network of UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, In association with Fr. Muller Medical College, Mangalore; KMC, Manipal; and KMC, Mangalore had organised an Inter- collegiate skit competition on “Ethical issues in healthcare” at Fr Muller Medical College Auditorium, Mangalore on 22nd September 2014 from 2.00p.m. to 4.30p.m.
The following students of II MBBS- 2013 batch of Yenepoya Medical College took part in the skit competition with the theme “ MY BODY THEIR DECISION” and won the first place. The story revolved around a narrator (Dead body) in the dissection hall journeying back and forth from his life story and end of life and his plight on the dissection table giving description of falling principles. The Chief Ethics Officer (CEO) is trying to resurrect the fallen pillars of Ethics with a clarion call ETHICS, ETHICS, ETHICS ALL THE WAY
1. Mr. Zubin Adiraja Abubacker
2. Ms. Trupthi Das
3. Ms. Vanessa Fernandes
4. Mr. Pradeesh Sabu
5. Mr. Akib Avaru
6. Mr. Nayeem Mohammed
7. Mr. Anshul Hashmi
8. Ms. Fathima Shafi
9. Ms. Jishna Jafar
10. Mr. Sajjad Salman Abdul Munaf
The students, guided by Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics and Dr. Uma Kulkarni, Professor of Ophthalmology, ably assisted by Mr. Rajesh Karkera and his IT department. This was the initiative of Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University
The following students of II MBBS- 2013 batch of Yenepoya Medical College took part in the skit competition with the theme “ MY BODY THEIR DECISION” and won the first place. The story revolved around a narrator (Dead body) in the dissection hall journeying back and forth from his life story and end of life and his plight on the dissection table giving description of falling principles. The Chief Ethics Officer (CEO) is trying to resurrect the fallen pillars of Ethics with a clarion call ETHICS, ETHICS, ETHICS ALL THE WAY
1. Mr. Zubin Adiraja Abubacker
2. Ms. Trupthi Das
3. Ms. Vanessa Fernandes
4. Mr. Pradeesh Sabu
5. Mr. Akib Avaru
6. Mr. Nayeem Mohammed
7. Mr. Anshul Hashmi
8. Ms. Fathima Shafi
9. Ms. Jishna Jafar
10. Mr. Sajjad Salman Abdul Munaf
The students, guided by Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics and Dr. Uma Kulkarni, Professor of Ophthalmology, ably assisted by Mr. Rajesh Karkera and his IT department. This was the initiative of Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University
Skit on Ethics with Mr. Zubin Adiraja Abubacker
2. Ms. Trupthi Das
3. Ms. Vanessa Fernandes
4. Mr. Pradeesh Sabu
5. Mr. Akib Avaru
6. Mr. Nayeem Mohammed
7. Mr. Anshul Hashmi
8. Ms. Fathima Shafi
9. Ms. Jishna Jafar
10. Mr. Sajjad Salman Abdul Munaf
The students were guided by Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics and Dr. Uma Kulkarni, Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University,Mangalore
Art for charity: Student activity
THE ASHRAYA ART FOR CHARITY EVENT
The Ashraya Charitable Trust was founded by the YU batch of 2007 to raise funds for patients in Yenepoya Medical College Hospital who cannot afford to pay for their medications. The Ashraya Art for Charity Event is organised traditionally by the second year students of YU, this year the batch of 2013 was fortunate to host this benevolent event.
The Centre for Ethics showed a lot of enthusiasm in this year's event. A stall was put up for selling exclusive CFE merchandise that included interesting varieties of printed T shirts, badges, fridge magnets, note books, cups and book marks.
They all carried interesting messages and quotes which collaborated with taste and design of the past and present generation. The products were met with massive approval and praise from those who were attending, amounting to a hefty sum that came from the sale, that contributed to the total collection of the event. In all, it was quite an experience for those of us that participated in the functioning of the stall and we look forward for such opportunities in the future.
The Ashraya Charitable Trust was founded by the YU batch of 2007 to raise funds for patients in Yenepoya Medical College Hospital who cannot afford to pay for their medications. The Ashraya Art for Charity Event is organised traditionally by the second year students of YU, this year the batch of 2013 was fortunate to host this benevolent event.
The Centre for Ethics showed a lot of enthusiasm in this year's event. A stall was put up for selling exclusive CFE merchandise that included interesting varieties of printed T shirts, badges, fridge magnets, note books, cups and book marks.
They all carried interesting messages and quotes which collaborated with taste and design of the past and present generation. The products were met with massive approval and praise from those who were attending, amounting to a hefty sum that came from the sale, that contributed to the total collection of the event. In all, it was quite an experience for those of us that participated in the functioning of the stall and we look forward for such opportunities in the future.
Other extension activities
Breaking away from tradition - saving the environment: The Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University does not follow the Indian tradition of presenting a bouquet of flowers to any guest during the inaugural ceremony or at any other times. Instead the guest is encouraged to plant a tree in our vibrant, verdant campus, with a guarantee that it will be nourished and nurtured with utmost care. In this way the Centre helps Yenepoya University give back more to the environment than has been taken. It also serves as an incentive for the guest to want to return to the campus to see his/her sapling.
1. Dr. Richard Cash Emeritus Professor & Advisor - Global Health, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi
2. Dr. Amar Jesani Independent bioethics consultant & Founder Editor, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics
and Visiting Professor, Centre for Ethics
3. Dr. Nandini Kumar Sr. Deputy Director (Retd), Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi and Adjunct Professor, Manipal
University
4. Dr. Corinna Porteri Bioethics Researcher, Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
5. Dr. Bert Gordijn Professor & Director, Institute for Bioethics, Dublin City University, Ireland
6. Dr. Salma Siddique Co-Director, Edinburgh Napier University Research Institute for Complementary Healthcare, Scotland
7. Dr. Ricardo Chavez Coordinator, Regional Chapters, Erasmus Mundus Alumni Association, Germany
8. Dr. Alastair Campbell Director, Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore
9. Dr. Norbert Paul Director, Institute for History, Philosophy and Ethics in Medicine, JG University, Mainz, Germany
10. Dr. Russell D'Souza Chair, Asia Pacific Bioethics Network, UNESCO
11. Dr. Angus Dawson Public Health Ethics Professor, University of Birmingham, UK
12. Dr. Bebe Loff Head, Human Rights and Bioethics Unit, Monash University, Australia
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1. Dr. Richard Cash Emeritus Professor & Advisor - Global Health, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi
2. Dr. Amar Jesani Independent bioethics consultant & Founder Editor, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics
and Visiting Professor, Centre for Ethics
3. Dr. Nandini Kumar Sr. Deputy Director (Retd), Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi and Adjunct Professor, Manipal
University
4. Dr. Corinna Porteri Bioethics Researcher, Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
5. Dr. Bert Gordijn Professor & Director, Institute for Bioethics, Dublin City University, Ireland
6. Dr. Salma Siddique Co-Director, Edinburgh Napier University Research Institute for Complementary Healthcare, Scotland
7. Dr. Ricardo Chavez Coordinator, Regional Chapters, Erasmus Mundus Alumni Association, Germany
8. Dr. Alastair Campbell Director, Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore
9. Dr. Norbert Paul Director, Institute for History, Philosophy and Ethics in Medicine, JG University, Mainz, Germany
10. Dr. Russell D'Souza Chair, Asia Pacific Bioethics Network, UNESCO
11. Dr. Angus Dawson Public Health Ethics Professor, University of Birmingham, UK
12. Dr. Bebe Loff Head, Human Rights and Bioethics Unit, Monash University, Australia
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